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TOKYO -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has denied social media claims that Japan agreed to accept 100,000 workers from Bangladesh after Prime Minist
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Stolen luxury watch returned to Tokyo store with apology note
TOKYO -- A Swiss-made luxury Audemars Piguet wristwatch worth 46 million yen (about $291,000) that was stolen from a store in Tokyo's Nakano Ward was
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Japan introduces new tax refund system for foreign tourists to curb illegal resales
TOKYO -- A new consumption tax exemption system for foreign visitors to Japan took effect Nov. 1. Under the new "refund system," travelers pay the tax
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Vietnam officials inspect landslide control tech in Japan's Akita Pref. via JICA program
AKITA -- With northern Vietnam confronting the challenge of increasingly severe rainfall, Vietnamese local government officials recently visited lands
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Japan may act if US midterms fuel market volatility: finance chief
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan will act in financial markets if they experience excessive volatility or speculative movements following the U.S. midterm elect
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Japan defense chief Koizumi gets serious about AI after being impressed by US tech
TOKYO -- Artificial intelligence (AI) has increasingly revealed its threatening side amid a series of cases in which the technology has been misused i
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Tokyo stocks fall on risk-off mood ahead of US elections
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks fell Monday, as investors took a risk-off stance ahead of the U.S. midterm elections and a Japanese holiday on Tuesday,
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Japan urges US to tighten discipline after another US Marine arrested
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan has asked the United States to thoroughly enforce discipline after a U.S. Marine in Okinawa Prefecture was arrested for alleged
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Deer fossils among world's oldest found in Japan, challenging European-origin theory
MIZUNAMI, Gifu -- The Mizunami Fossil Museum in this central Japan city announced Oct. 30 that fossils of an animal with forked antlers, discovered in
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Man withholds plea in trial of 2024 LDP headquarters firebomb attack
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A man accused of attempted murder after throwing firebombs at riot police outside Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party headquarter
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JAL's April-Sept. net profit drops 42.2% to 39.07 billion yen
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan Airlines Co. said Monday its net profit for the April-September period fell 42.2 percent from a year earlier to 39.07 billion y
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What to know about how caps on foreign workers in Japan are determined
The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about how the Japanese government determines caps on foreign workers in the countr